Atlas of the Levant

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Levant

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بلاد الشام
English Levant -
The Levant (/ləˈvænt/) is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of Western Asia. In its narrowest sense, it is equivalent to the historical region of Syria, which included present-day Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Palestine and most of Turkey south-east of the middle Euphrates.
Short name Levant
Official  name
Status
Capital
Population ~50 million inhabitants
Area km²
Major  languages Arabic
Major  religions Islam, Christianity, Judaism
More information Levant, Geography of Levant, History of Levant and Politics of Levant
More  images Levant - Levant (Category).

General maps

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Levant, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Levant.

Greater Syria according to Syrian Social Nationalist Party
Ancient Near East 1450 B.C.
Ancient Egypt, Syria and Mesopotamia c. 1450 BC
Near East in circa 1400 BCE
Greater Syria
Byzantine Empire animated timeline
Syria and Cilicia, 600 BC
Median Empire, 6th century BC
Achaemenid Persian Empire in the time of the Cyrus the Great
Achaemenid Persian Empire in the time of the Cyrus the Great
Achaemenid Persian Empire, 588-536 BC
Achaemenid Persian Empire, 588-536 BC
Achaemenid Persian Empire, 579-560 BC
Achaemenid Persian Empire, around 500 BC
Achaemenid Persian Empire, around 500 BC
Achaemenid Persian Empire, around 500 BC
Achaemenid Persian Empire, around 490 BC
Achaemenid Persian Empire in the time of the Darius the Great
Achaemenid Persian Empire, around 480 BC
Achaemenid Persian Empire, around 480 BC
Achaemenid Persian Empire
Achaemenid Persian Empire
Macedonian Empire, 336-323
Macedonian Empire, 334-323 BC
Macedonian Empire, 331-301 BC
Macedonian Empire, 323 BC
Macedonian Empire, 323 BC
Macedonian Empire
Macedonian Empire
Macedonian Empire
Macedonian Empire
Seleucid Empire, 323 BC
Seleucid Empire, 301 BC
Seleucid Empire, 200 BC
Seleucid Empire, 194 BC
Seleucid Empire
Seleucid Empire
Seleucid Empire
Parthian Empire, 1 AD
Roman Empire circa 125
Empire of Palmyra circa 260
Roman Empire divisions circa 295-395
Sassanid Persian Empire and Eastern Roman Empire, around 400 AD
Roman-Persian Frontier, 5th century
Sassanid Persian Empire and Eastern Roman Empire, around 500 AD
Roman-Persian Frontier, 565
Sassanid Persian Empire and Eastern Roman Empire, 6th century
Sassanid Persian Empire, 6th century
Sassanid Persian Empire, 600 AD
Sassanid Persian Empire and Eastern Roman Empire, 600 AD
Sassanid Persian Empire, 620 AD
Sassanid Persian Empire, 226-651
Sassanid Persian Empire
Persian Empires, 610 BC-651 AD
Roman Empire between 218 BC and 117 AD
Dioecesis circa 400
Roman-Persian Frontier in Late Antiquity, 4th-7th centuries


Since Muslim Conquest

Administrative divisions of Syria in the 9th century (Arabic)
Crusader states, 1135
Crusader states, 1165
Crusader states, 1190
Ghurid Iranian Empire, 1149-1212
Ayyubid Empire, 1171-1246
Ayyubid Empire, 1171-1246
Ayyubid Empire, 1171-1246
Ayyubid Empire, 1188
Ayyubid Empire, 1188
Ayyubid Empire, 1189
Ayyubid Empire, 1190
Ayyubid Empire, 12th century
Northern Levant, 13th-14th centuries
Anatolia and surrounding regions in AD 1200
Ayyubid Empire, 1250-1260
Ayyubid Empire, 1257
Ayyubid Empire
Timurid Empire, 1365-1405
Timurid Empire, 1405
Timurid Empire, 1405
Timurid Empire, 1405
Timurid Empire
Timurid Empire
Timurid Empire
Safavid Persian Empire in 1501-1722
Safavid Persian Empire in 1501-1722
Safavid Persian Empire in 1512
Safavid Persian Empire, 16th-18th century


Ottoman era

Ottoman Empire map from 1481 to 1683 (in Spanish)
Ottoman Empire 1481-1683
A French map of ancient Syria and surroundings in 1683
Ottoman Cedid Atlas map from 1803 showing Syria in yellow
Ottoman Syria Vilayets in 1842
Ottoman Empire in 1849
Henry Warren Map of Syria in 1851
Ottoman administrative divisions in western Syria circa 1889
Ottoman Syria Vilayets circa 1899
Ottoman Syria Vilayets circa 1900 (in Arabic)
Ottoman Vilayets in 1900 (in Spanish)
Ottoman Vilayets in 1900
Ottoman Syria Vilayets
Map showing Syria, Mesopotamia, Assyria, and Turkey in 1912
Administrative divisions of Ottoman Syria (early 20th century) in Arabic
Administrative divisions of Ottoman southern Syria in 1914
Ottoman Syria
Ethnographical Map of Turkey and Syria in 1910


Since WWI

Integral Syria 1915
Sykes-Picot agreement to divide Syria
Sykes-Picot agreement to divide Syria
Map of Syria in 1920
Treaty of Sèvres map
Syrian Arab Kingdom in 1920
Syrian Arab Kingdom in 1920
Asia Minor, Syria and Mesopotamia in 1920
French first attempt at dividing Syria in 1920
Map of Syria in 1920
Area in yellow shows Syrian Northern Sanjaks ceded by France to Turkey in the 1921 Ankara Agreement
Area in yellow shows Syrian Northern Sanjaks ceded by France to Turkey in the 1921 Ankara Agreement
Palestine, Syria and Hejaz in 1922, based on Treaty of Sevres
Treaty of Lausanne between Turkey and Syria/Iraq
Treaty of Lausanne border between Turkey and Syria/Iraq
Treaty of Lausanne border between Turkey and Syria/Iraq
Treaty of Lausanne border (in Arabic)
Division of Syria in 1922 by French mandate authorities (in Arabic)
Map of Greater Syria encompassing areas from Cyprus and Adana (Turkey) to Kuwait and Ahwaz (Arabistan), including the Levant and Mesopotamia
Map of Greater Syria encompassing areas from Cyprus and southeastern Turkey to Kuwait, including the Levant and Mesopotamia


Notes and references

General remarks:

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